Leslie Carol Botha: Shaming women into purchasing useless products because of their menstrual odor is cruel and just downright unethical. Hopefully, the women in Malaysia don't fall into this consumer trap.
Libresse The Battle Between Green Tea and Odor
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
re: Cycling
Weekend Links
July 7, 2012
Libresse has a new ad for green-tea scented panty liners in … [Read more...]

[Leslie Carol Botha: SMCR member David Linton has written a brilliant commentary on yet another hygiene product marketed to women to hide and disguise their menstrual cycle (period) this time 'to keep from knowing'.
Menstrual Sex - but Not Quite
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
re: Cycling
by David Linton
June 19, 2012
Some months ago we published a piece titled “Menstrual Sex: the Last … [Read more...]

Leslie Carol Botha: Only the Facts Ma'am - When one reads the politics and the science behind the marketing and the safety and efficacy of the Gardasil HPV vaccine approved for use for women ages 27 to 45 in Canada, one begins to wonder - is this vaccination really going to benefit this age group from getting cervical cancer or is it just another way for Merck make a profit on an unwitting … [Read more...]

"This is a valuable document diligently prepared by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research that should be shared in women's health curriculum's. It is crucial that women understand their menstrual health to understand other social/political issues including the gender discrimination we face." — Leslie C. Botha
SWS FACT SHEET
The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective
Prepared by … [Read more...]

[Leslie Carol Botha: The FDA and women's health in the same sentence makes me nervous. I think it is pretty clear that the FDA does not hold the health of women - nor anyone else for that matter- as a priority. It has become pretty clear that they are the government puppet for the pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Elizabeth Kissling wrote an excellent highlighting some of the FDA's obvious disregard … [Read more...]

[Leslie Carol Botha: How many women even consider what is like to come off hormonal contraceptives after years of use? For some the transition is very difficult. Someday we will truly understand this is the largest uncontrolled experiment in the history of medicine. Although the HPV vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix are running a close second.]
Coming off Depo Provera Can be a Woman's Worst … [Read more...]